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May 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Emily Curran |Gregory E. Fosheim |Alya Sulaiman
On April 26, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (press release, fact sheet, FAQs) reinterpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, or any combination thereof, in a health program or activity, any part of which is receiving federal financial assistance.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
employeebenefitsblog.com | Alya Sulaiman
How Healthcare Organizations Should Manage AI What are the major risks and rewards of artificial intelligence’s healthcare transformation? In this AHLA podcast episode, Alya Sulaiman offers insight into how healthcare organizations should manage AI governance and examines related legislative and regulatory issues. Access episode.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alya Sulaiman
On December 13, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) final rule to update ONC Health IT Certification Program requirements and amend the information blocking regulations that ONC issued under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act).
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Emily Cook |Alya Sulaiman
The California legislature has created a lot of holiday homework for California healthcare providers, passing more than 50 new laws regulating a wide range of healthcare providers and healthcare business operations that apply to many areas of the state’s healthcare system. Many of these reforms become effective as we usher in the new year, and there are many updates healthcare providers and facilities should be aware of.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
employeebenefitsblog.com | Daniel Gottlieb |Alya Sulaiman
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 352 and Assembly Bill 254 into law, effective January 1, 2024. Through these new laws, California seeks to mitigate the risk of out-of-state prosecution of individuals seeking abortions or gender-affirming care.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Daniel Gottlieb |Alya Sulaiman
In the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the adoption of laws outside California that criminalize most abortions as well as gender affirming care, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 352 (AB 352) and Assembly Bill 254 (AB 254) into law on September 27, 2023.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
employeebenefitsblog.com | Alya Sulaiman
Digital Health and the Direction of AI in Healthcare What is the current state of digital health? Where will artificial intelligence (AI) see the most growth and adoption in healthcare? And what are the key AI issues most relevant to healthcare providers? In this TripleTree article, Alya Sulaiman offers her perspective on some of the essential AI questions facing the digital health space. Access the article.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Jennifer S. Geetter |Sam Siegfried |Alya Sulaiman
Remarkable progress in DNA and RNA sequencing have democratized the generation and analysis of genomic data across diverse industry sectors, including biopharmaceutical research, healthcare, consumer ancestry, law enforcement, agriculture and wellness testing. However, these advances have simultaneously escalated cybersecurity risks associated with the collection, processing, and maintenance of genomic data.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
employeebenefitsblog.com | Alya Sulaiman
Will Policy, Regulation Issues Stifle AI’s Advances in Healthcare? How is artificial intelligence (AI) shaping the healthcare industry? In this HealthLeaders article, Alya Sulaiman describes an active landscape in which federal agencies and state attorneys general are competing to regulate the technology. Access the article.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Jennifer S. Geetter |Sam Siegfried |Alya Sulaiman
To view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF. USAAugust 15 2023INTRODUCTIONRemarkable progress in DNA and RNA sequencing have democratized thegeneration and analysis of genomic data across diverse industry sectors,including biopharmaceutical research, healthcare, consumer ancestry, lawenforcement, agriculture and wellness testing.
